Down the Stretch - Season 29:

Top Playoff Races:

National League: NL South

Team Owner Record Remaining Opp Record Remaining Home Games Louisville Arfy 89-60 0.493 4 Texas erichanville 88-61 0.473 10 Season Series Tied 5-5

National League: #6 Seed

Team	Owner	Record	*Remaining Opp Record	Remaining Home Games
Jackson	bobbyj7	78-71	0.482	10
Iowa City	tk21775	76-73	0.491	3
Toronto	sgmedia	75-74	0.549	3

  

 *Calculated with 14 games remaining

Magic Number to Clinch Division

The Magic Number represents the total of additional wins by the front-running team or additional losses by the second-place team after which it is mathematically impossible for the second-place team to capture the title in the remaining games

AL North: Milwaukee - 7

AL East: Boston - 0

AL South: Nashville - 1

AL West: Salem - 2

NL North: Scranton - 6

NL East: Wichita - 4

NL South: Louisville - 13

NL South: Texas - 15

NL West: Seattle - 0

Magic Number to Clinch Wild Card Birth

AL: Vancouver - 2

AL: Durham - 4

NL: Texas - 2

Individual Accolades

Batting Average: Fred Inge (Dur) - .375

Inge’s .375 BA would rank him 5th for a single season in Pine Tar history.  The record is .398.

Earned Run Average:  Tim Daubach (Sea) – 1.95

Daubach’s 1.95 ERA would rank 2nd for a single season in Pine Tar history.  The record is 1.79.

Catcher Earned Run Average:  Rickie Lawrence (Sea) – 2.79

Lawrence’s 2.79 CERA would rank 4th all-time for a single season in Pine Tar.  The record is 2.39.

Saves: Juan Sierra (Sea) – 48

The Pine-Tar record is 54.

Pitchers who already have, or have a shot at reaching 20 wins:

Tim Daubach (Sea): 21-3

Yoshinori Zhou (Vanc): 21-6

Eddie Plant (Wich): 19-7

Lonny Gonzalez (Sal): 18-6

Homerun Race:

Keith Williamson (CSP): 47

Phil Yamamoto (Nash): 46

Dicky Stanley (Tex): 44

Longest Hitting Streak:

Julio Silva (OK): 23

Most Plus Plays:

Alex Alomar (Hou): 27

Lefty Twitchell (Sal): 26

Stolen Base Runs – Top 5 Teams:

A sabermetric statistic that estimates the number of runs generated from stolen bases.  Formula = (.3 x SB) - (.6 x CS)

Team	Owner	SB	CS	Stolen Base Runs
Boston	kjmulli	172	35	30.6
Fresno	dlmose	215	66	24.9
New York	skuff730	214	75	19.2
Seattle	ghutton9	160	49	18.6
Wichita	jibe	194	67	18